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Old 05-28-2010, 08:23 AM  
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Originally Posted by milambur View Post
Yeah, I've seen the charts.

How much of that transportation fuel is commuters going to work versus transportation involved in manufacture, supply, distribution, and consumption of all of the other products? If I order a product from China, (a product which required oil in the product itself, the creation of the product, the powering of the plant that made it, the manufacture, supply, distribution of the clothes the workers wear, etc).... and the jet fuel to fly it to California after I order it?

We going to bring the world to a halt logistically? No more planes, no more ships....
The typical electric car people want to buy has probably used more oil by the time you buy it than you will ever run through it's gas tank.
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